Jerry Cox v. Mariposa County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NO. 19-CV-01105-AWI-BAM

JERRY COX, an individual

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS

AGAINST DEFENDANT CALIFORNIA

vs. RECEIVERSHIP GROUP AND

DEFENDANT MARK ADAMS FOR

MARIPOSA COUNTY; MARIPOSA LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER

COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; SHERIFF

JURISDICTION

DEPUTY WILLIAM ATKINSON; SHERIFF

DEPUTY WESLEY SMITH; ASHLEY

HARRIS; CALIFORNIA RECEIVERSHIP GROUP; MARK ADAMS; and DOES 1 (Doc. No. 6) through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

18 INTRODUCTION As alleged in the Complaint, the County of Mariposa (“County”) brought 16 felony counts against Plaintiff Jerry Cox (“Cox”) in 2015 and 2016 in connection with an alleged rape, only to drop the charges after several months of contentious discovery exposed improprieties in the investigation, as conducted by the Mariposa County Sheriff (“MCS”), and revealed that the alleged victim had lied under oath. During the same period, the County initiated a receivership in Mariposa Superior…